1899 Rime of Ancient Mariner Coleridge Roycroft Imprint William Denslow Pictures

So This Then is Ye Rime of Ye Ancient Mariner. Wherein is told Whilom on a Day an Ancient Sea-Faring Man Detaineth a Wedding-Guest & Telleth him a Grewsome Tale. Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. For ye better Understanding of ye Gentle Reader, Various Pictures are here Inserted by one William W. Denslow. Ye First Edition Corrected and Improved. Done into a Booke by ye Merrie Roycrofters at ye Roycroft Shop, at ye Sign of ye Hippocampus, adjacent to ye Deestrick Academy for ye Younge, which is in East Aurora, New York, 1899. 101 p, suede binding measures 8.75 x 6 , 8vo. McKenna #34: Body copy set in Caslon Old Style. 910 copies printed on handmade paper in three colors with initial letters and 14 pseudo-woodcuts by W. W. Denslow. Text printed in red and black with illustrations in green. Decorated suede binding with yap edges and silk endpapers. TOP EDGES UNCUT! In fair condition. Covers normally scuffed at edges and corners with tanned from shelf-wear & sun-exposure. Head and tail of spines scuffed and also tanned. Gilt lettering on front board bright and clean. Permanent silk bookmark detached from binding, but included. Front and rear gutters split with exposed binding. Gift inscription on front end-page, in ink. Normal toning in margins. Some light off-setting on leaves adjacent to illustrations and illuminated letters. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) was the founder of Roycroft, an Arts and Crafts community in East Aurora, New York, 1885. The organization called itself either The Roycrofters or The Roycroft Shops, and they printed, not only magazines, but also handsome, sometimes eccentric, books printed on handmade paper and bound finely. The group also operated a furniture shop, and a shop dedicated to producing modeled leather and hammered copper goods. The Roycroft Shops became a site for meetings and conventions of radicals, freethinkers, reformers, and suffragists. Hubbard, himself, became a popular lecturer at these meetings, and championed for socialist governments and free thinking. William Wallace Denslow (1856 1915) was an American illustrator and caricaturist remembered for his work in collaboration with author L. Frank Baum, especially his illustrations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Denslow was an editorial cartoonist with a strong interest in politics, which has fueled political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. RAREA1899PBFA - 08/25 - HK2584.…